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Nine politicians and activists had been found guilty of sedition for leading Catalonia’s referendum push in 2017
Catalan Trial
Both politicians lose regular day leaves and will have to enter prison again as the other seven officials behind bars have
Legal challenge aims to overrule lower court’s decision to provisionally keep prison privileges for pro-independence leaders
Decision goes against public prosecutor, who wants to see regular permits on weekdays and weekends revoked
Prison privileges could be stripped by Supreme Court again, as it happened last year
Pardon or reform of criminal code are considered by Spanish government, but fears of opposition "blackmailing" to avoid it arise
Dolors Bassa and Carme Forcadell allowed to continue sleeping at home at the weekend and to work or volunteer outside prison
Politics
United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention insists seven pro-independence leaders should be freed
De Gispert, Rigol and Benach say 'fairest' path is an amnesty law, but harder to approve than a reprieve
